General Lan was speechless for a moment. "Then what about the Emperor's earlier announcement that the Crown Prince and his wife had treasonous intentions and that everyone had the right to kill them?"
"Are you questioning me?" The emperor's eyes flashed with anger again, and this time he no longer suppressed it.
He said, "What I said is true. Bring the Crown Princess back. If it is found that she and the Crown Prince have treasonous intentions, then everyone has the right to kill her!"
Prince Yu and Pan Yuanzhou were speechless. The emperor had not said that at all. The emperor's intention was clearly to have Ning Hongxi lead his men to kill Ye Qingxue.
"Alright, whatever you have to say, wait until the Prime Minister brings the Crown Princess back! It's already late at night. You're not sleepy, but I am! If I were to fall ill, could you bear the consequences?! And you dare to question whether I am a benevolent ruler!"
The emperor swept aside his wide sleeves and had someone come forward to pull General Lan away again, then strode out of the hall.
He couldn't wait to try the newly released Longevity Pill, and he planned to call a concubine over later to test its effects!
However, as soon as he strode to the entrance of the palace, he saw a group of people walking towards him.
There were about ten people, all dressed in coarse linen clothes. He remembered that these were the clothes that Liu Qinghe and his men usually wore.
However, every time Liu Qinghe saw him before, he would go to his bedroom and sneak in through the back door. Why did he dare to come to the main gate of Zichen Palace tonight?
The recent incident involving young boys and girls has caused quite a stir. The emperor, not wanting to create further trouble, spoke first: "Go to my palace. The Zichen Palace is where important state affairs are discussed. You must not come here!"
His tone was heavy, and the threat was palpable.
But the ten people still walked towards him and stopped in front of him in the blink of an eye, blocking his way and trapping him inside the threshold of the Zichen Palace.
The emperor had just been questioned by General Lan and was in a bad mood. Seeing these people being so disrespectful, he became even angrier: "You insolent fools, do you not listen to me anymore?!"
The emperor's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes widened, his expression as if he had seen a ghost, his body tensed, his breathing rapid, and he couldn't utter a sound for a long time.
Even Prince Yu, Pan Yuanzhou, and General Lan in the hall noticed the strangeness here. They exchanged glances, got up without hesitation, and walked towards the main gate.
Before long, the three of them were also shocked, their mouths agape, speechless for a long time.
There wasn't a breath of wind on this summer night, and the surroundings were unusually quiet. For a moment, the only sound in the Zichen Palace could be the sound of breathing.
After an unknown amount of time, General Lan broke the silence, speaking incredulously, "...Your Highness, the Crown Prince?"
Yes, the person who appeared in front of them was actually Yun Zhuo!
When the ten men approached the emperor, the two leaders stepped aside, and Yun Zhuo, who was sitting on a palanquin behind them, came into the emperor's view.
Yun Zhuo had scars on her face, very fresh scars. There were also scars on her neck, and on the back of her hands and wrists.
The fact that he was now sitting on a palanquin further indicated that he was seriously injured, and at this moment, his face was deathly pale.
He sat quietly on the soft palanquin, looking directly at the emperor: "General Lan is right, it is I, Yun Zhuo, who has returned. Please forgive my rudeness, Father, I am too badly injured to pay my respects to you."
The emperor's lips trembled violently, and his heart was in turmoil. How could Yun Zhuo possibly have come back alive?
The tunnel collapsed, burying him under the mud and sand. After hearing that Ye Qingxue had gone there, he led a group of people to dig through the mud and sand to rescue people, but all they rescued were dead.
Immediately following the backflow of the canal, the tunnel collapsed a second time, and the section of the tunnel where the accident occurred in Yunzhuo was severely damaged.
Yun Zhuo has absolutely no chance of coming back alive!
But now Yun Zhuo was standing right in front of him, and he was even appearing as one of Liu Qinghe's men... The emperor immediately had a very bad feeling!
"His Highness the Crown Prince has escaped death! His Majesty is overjoyed and speechless!" General Lan said loudly, his voice choked with emotion and his eyes reddening.
That's wonderful! His Highness the Crown Prince isn't dead, so the Crown Princess is saved! And his Yi'er is saved too!
Before he entered the palace, his son Yi'er told him, "If Father cannot persuade the Emperor to spare the Crown Princess's life, I will... I will die in front of Father!"
Yun Zhuo smiled faintly. His pale face made the scars appear even more vivid and striking, but it did not diminish his good looks at all. He was still breathtakingly handsome!
Yun Zhuo said, "The cases of numerous missing boys and girls have not yet been solved; the Crown Princess has not yet given birth to a grandson. How could I bear to die, Father?"
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